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The Christian Dating Coach

The Christian Dating Coach

Michelle Joiner 116 Episodes Oct 12, 2026

This podcast offers Christian women an alternative to either passive waiting or worldly dating culture, focusing on a reverent, intelligent path to marriage. Host Michelle Joiner, a Christian dating coach, discusses singleness, marriage, covenant sex, holiness, and what draws men and women together spiritually, emotionally, and physically. The show also examines modern dating systems and aims to provide honest guidance rather than vague scripts. It is intended for single Christian women who want clear direction and are ready for marriage.

Episodes

Ep. 118: You Didn't Sign Up for the Celibate Life
Ep. 118: You Didn't Sign Up for the Celibate Life Oct 12, 2026 527 Send us Fan MailYour dating profile has ONE job: get men you’re actually interested in INTO YOUR INBOX. If it’s not doing that, if it’s just attracting dusty project boys, your dating profile isn’t doing its job.Solution: Come to Swipe. Match. Marry. Let me show you the FIVE photos you MUST have to get your profile doing its job: getting handsome, godly, high-caliber men you’re actually excited ab
Ep. 117: Tell Your Dating App Profile to Do Its Job
Ep. 117: Tell Your Dating App Profile to Do Its Job Oct 8, 2026 534 Send us Fan MailYour dating profile has ONE job: get men you’re actually interested in INTO YOUR INBOX. If it’s not doing that, if it’s just attracting dusty project boys, your dating profile isn’t doing its job.Solution: Come to Swipe. Match. Marry. Let me show you the FIVE photos you MUST have to get your profile doing its job: getting handsome, godly, high-caliber men you’re actually excited ab
Ep. 116: What Marriage to a Boaz is Really Like
Ep. 116: What Marriage to a Boaz is Really Like Jun 11, 2026 758 Send us Fan MailIn this episode, Michelle shares the truth married women know but do not always say out loud.What is marriage to a Boaz really like?It is beautiful.It is tender.It is chosen.It is sexy glances in the kitchen, grocery-store whispers, and being seen as beautiful when real life changes your body.But it is not easy.And that is exactly why the man’s character matters.If you desire marri
Ep. 115: Criticism and Chaos: They're Keeping You from Your Boaz
Ep. 115: Criticism and Chaos: They're Keeping You from Your Boaz Jun 8, 2026 806 Send us Fan MailIn this episode, Michelle talks about two patterns that keep Christian women stuck in dating: criticism and chaos. If you keep blaming men, dating apps, your church, your city, or God’s timing while showing up inconsistent, overwhelmed, and hard to pursue, you may be blocking the very love you’re praying for. Through the story of Ruth and Boaz, Michelle shows why wise counsel, humi
Ep. 114: How Do I Recognize He’s a Boaz?
Ep. 114: How Do I Recognize He’s a Boaz? Jun 4, 2026 391 Send us Fan MailHow do you know if a man is worth continuing to talk to?How do you know if he is faithful, serious, godly, and someone you should not let get away?In this episode, Michelle offers a wiser, more graceful way to think about discernment. Michelle Joiner is a Christian dating strategist for discerning Christian women. She helps successful single women become unmistakable to the kind of
Ep. 113: There Are Men Who Don’t Look at Other Women
Ep. 113: There Are Men Who Don’t Look at Other Women Jun 1, 2026 317 Send us Fan MailWhat if the kind of man you want actually exists?In this episode, Michelle speaks to the woman who has quietly lowered her expectations because faithfulness, clarity, tenderness, and godly pursuit started to feel unrealistic.But there are men who do not like other women’s pictures. There are men who do not look at other women. There are men who pray, read the Bible, and are waiting
Ep. 112: An Engineer’s Take on Dating Fatigue
Ep. 112: An Engineer’s Take on Dating Fatigue May 28, 2026 391 Send us Fan MailMore time does not fix a process that keeps producing disappointment.In this episode, Michelle draws from her background as an engineer to explain why repeated disappointment in dating is not neutral. It wears on your hope, your confidence, your softness, and your ability to believe that marriage is still possible.If you have been deleting and redownloading the apps, trying to stay
Ep. 111: Waiting is Settling
Ep. 111: Waiting is Settling May 25, 2026 527 Send us Fan MailWhat if settling is not just choosing the wrong man?What if settling is also allowing yourself to keep living a life beneath the desire God placed in you?In this episode, Michelle reframes what it means to “never settle” and speaks directly to the Christian woman who is successful, capable, grateful, and still honest enough to admit: I want marriage.If you have been waiting, hoping
Ep. 110: Women Aren’t Allowed to Want
Ep. 110: Women Aren’t Allowed to Want May 12, 2026 1846 Send us Fan Mail You’ve been told to be content. To wait quietly.To make sure you never look desperate.But what if the desire you keep trying to silence is not the problem?This is a bold, tender word for the Christian woman who wants marriage and is tired of apologizing for it.You’re also invited to Come and Pray this Saturday, May 16th, 2026.No teaching. No coaching. Just prayer for women who des
Ep. 109: You’re Still Settling
Ep. 109: You’re Still Settling Apr 14, 2026 394 Send us Fan MailThis is for the Christian woman who is no longer available for an “almost” life and is ready to leave the wrong path behind.In this episode, I’m talking about what changes when a woman is truly done settling—not just for the wrong man, but for any path that is not leading to the life she desires.Go to thechristiandatingcoach.com and move toward marrying well.
Ep. 108: The Man You Want Has Already Met You
Ep. 108: The Man You Want Has Already Met You Mar 10, 2026 802 Send us Fan MailMany extraordinary women quietly come to the same painful conclusion:The kind of man I want must not exist.But what if that isn’t true?What if the man you want has already crossed your path… and simply didn’t recognize you?In this episode, Michelle Joiner shares a surprising insight about modern dating, recognition, and why the strategy most women use to find love may actually be w
Ep. 107: You Can Buy Roses. You Can’t Buy This.
Ep. 107: You Can Buy Roses. You Can’t Buy This. Feb 10, 2026 409 Send us Fan MailReal love isn’t roses. It isn’t candlelight dinners. It isn’t Instagram.It’s quieter than that.It’s someone doing the dishes. Jazz in the kitchen. Being chosen on an ordinary Tuesday night.In this episode, Michelle shares a small moment at home — and the truth most women don’t realize until years have already passed:Delay isn’t neutral.If you’re ready to stop waiting and marry well

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